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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone
Any harder then controlling Malaysian Borneo from the Peninsula?
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The strongest Peninsular polity in history, Malacca Sultanate, did subjugated Riau, but never went beyond that. Aceh however, later totally encircled Malaccan coreland in Peninsula itself, before Malacca itself was conquered by Portuguese. And let's not get into Srivijaya....
Before Malaysia, there was never any Peninsular polity that once established any foothold on Borneo. Brunei actually remained strong enough to maintain independence, even from Europeans, until 19th century.